Spotted

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can a leopard change his spots? Why should he - when he is so very handsome? He brings a bit of "savage beauty" to a space, but he functions like a neutral. As the rooms below make clear, leopard is compatible not only with interiors of all types but also with crocodiles (such as the bench by Claude Lalanne) and dogs (in the homes of designer Alex Papachristidis and Richmonders John and Meg Gottwald). What could a touch of leopard bring to the rooms of your home?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2QlHRr_r6tVlp5zY_eXSj2MKhd8nFZtA7LNpzG1VZ6_WOfWgvZbNjFwhUvtI_f7g7l2LGjzK5ozpuVOGJHXQnksld6pbMLP9YzLw7HLWNVzx-O_FoA37qIyOZ4nZXLMq2WuMkRsO49dO/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.frederick-eberstadt-09-foyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2QlHRr_r6tVlp5zY_eXSj2MKhd8nFZtA7LNpzG1VZ6_WOfWgvZbNjFwhUvtI_f7g7l2LGjzK5ozpuVOGJHXQnksld6pbMLP9YzLw7HLWNVzx-O_FoA37qIyOZ4nZXLMq2WuMkRsO49dO/s640/item1.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.frederick-eberstadt-09-foyer.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the foyer, paintings by Alexander Mihaylovich are interspersed with antique mirrors; the ceiling and walls are sheathed in a wallpaper by <a href="http://www.mayaromanoff.com/">Maya Romanoff</a>. The chair is 18th-century French."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frederick Eberstadt's apartment in Manhattan's Sutton Place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by Pietro Cicognani of <a href="http://www.cicognanikalla.com/">Cicognani Kalla Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by John Yunis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Scott Frances.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Fernanda Eberstadt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-08/frederick-eberstadt-manhattan-apartment-slideshow#slide=2">Cabinet of Curiosities</a>" produced by Howard Christian and Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2012). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOCiHa5f4BkJeQRNmOc3QQV1IGxB0RI-HChnTPHAn-u5EvIYpFOtCesEjuplS3VW5gMwNQ6u2FzQIKTLTqsUewtPEvY8vW-t5eUHBbk6m22dsFy4vXPiiWTSPEwgI1aIKZNE702wCO8Tb/s1600/item10.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.frederick-eberstadt-11-master-bedroom-desk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOCiHa5f4BkJeQRNmOc3QQV1IGxB0RI-HChnTPHAn-u5EvIYpFOtCesEjuplS3VW5gMwNQ6u2FzQIKTLTqsUewtPEvY8vW-t5eUHBbk6m22dsFy4vXPiiWTSPEwgI1aIKZNE702wCO8Tb/s640/item10.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.frederick-eberstadt-11-master-bedroom-desk.jpg" width="489" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A 19th-century slant-top desk displays family photographs and a sketch of Eberstadt by artist William Rayner; the chair is 18th-century French."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frederick Eberstadt's apartment in Manhattan's Sutton Place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation by Pietro Cicognani of <a href="http://www.cicognanikalla.com/">Cicognani Kalla Architect</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior decoration by John Yunis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Scott Frances.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Fernanda Eberstadt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-08/frederick-eberstadt-manhattan-apartment-slideshow#slide=11">Cabinet of Curiosities</a>" produced by Howard Christian and Robert Rufino.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2012). </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWnrS0hf5efZ9Ciu3CKBMWWzktrEjrmL46UMXZZAGmwQUakE5qGwYTwEO8lZ1aQ87vMK-Ye4_kdFQejlW7mAzTtWrOTYeWd8TG_zigpc88uWlAn4dq2lhv7whBiHG4a8JI31e__awR-c2/s1600/design-trends-repeating-fabrics-10-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWnrS0hf5efZ9Ciu3CKBMWWzktrEjrmL46UMXZZAGmwQUakE5qGwYTwEO8lZ1aQ87vMK-Ye4_kdFQejlW7mAzTtWrOTYeWd8TG_zigpc88uWlAn4dq2lhv7whBiHG4a8JI31e__awR-c2/s640/design-trends-repeating-fabrics-10-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Manhattan sitting room of Lee Radziwill."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Frequent Flyer" by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (April 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePeNJWfxLTMq9UEidyqJWTYAqv37xdqwMu7L8Fle9O6BCWCvcPwGo38M_HsnPMU3CchIIrRasyTTAHYpVFaBNl0dzFzLF2n1WSAWcy3Egw5bCD3GkUmppRBV9JU0J4tfHYpi0v8VWLbz1/s1600/ss_100111807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePeNJWfxLTMq9UEidyqJWTYAqv37xdqwMu7L8Fle9O6BCWCvcPwGo38M_HsnPMU3CchIIrRasyTTAHYpVFaBNl0dzFzLF2n1WSAWcy3Egw5bCD3GkUmppRBV9JU0J4tfHYpi0v8VWLbz1/s640/ss_100111807.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Leopard bolster and footstool. Fabric: 'Jaguar Velours Soie'/Natural 32297-1, <a href="http://www.clarencehouse.com/">Clarence House</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/decorating-ideas-animal-magnetism_ss16.html">Decorating Ideas: Animal Magnetism</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRAsFlOtsx0h-WYL9qgkps7_qsOHI6yM_UrOqE3xHA92oSkntqfS7anQZG7oz6KFDZDu3Z_LOWSP9LxoHNS78intiZvcQEai56eq7GZ2aL8eRYuQfcZpOxTQL8dKBLpSyL4ES1tIGF6zh/s1600/5-history-living-room-0408-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRAsFlOtsx0h-WYL9qgkps7_qsOHI6yM_UrOqE3xHA92oSkntqfS7anQZG7oz6KFDZDu3Z_LOWSP9LxoHNS78intiZvcQEai56eq7GZ2aL8eRYuQfcZpOxTQL8dKBLpSyL4ES1tIGF6zh/s640/5-history-living-room-0408-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Warm green and gold stripes on a George Smith sofa are a pleasing surprise against the muted stripes of a classic Colefax and Fowler wallpaper, 'which gives the room an English Regency feeling - sort of genteel, but slightly shabby, too,' says [Eric] Lysdahl. Scalamandre leopard velvet pillows."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eric Lysdahl's Catskills cottage living room.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Eric Lysdahl.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gridley and Graves.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/revising-history-0408?click=main_sr#slide-2">A Catskill Cottage with a Modern Sensibility</a>" by Frances Schultz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (April 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8wFaiv084U3FNYneyYmuSoXncKRlshf_KSkmJfJ1RSPI8eTFoJjcZWMr3xNPTR74mX-a0whzPr-lYZ-DnTJD1hemrWYGox3L2VDLPbEF-b9jmC2ROeCKgerkYSR9rNWvv75pmTaOkiw3/s1600/BlogJohnDickinsonEDDec2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8wFaiv084U3FNYneyYmuSoXncKRlshf_KSkmJfJ1RSPI8eTFoJjcZWMr3xNPTR74mX-a0whzPr-lYZ-DnTJD1hemrWYGox3L2VDLPbEF-b9jmC2ROeCKgerkYSR9rNWvv75pmTaOkiw3/s640/BlogJohnDickinsonEDDec2010.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the master bedroom, crystal drops by sculptor Rob Wynne are mounted above a 1940s vanity and a Samuel Marx mirror; the plaster stool is by John Dickinson and the curtains are of a Lee Jofa silk."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London duplex.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.alexpapachristidis.com/">Alex Papachristidis</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master Class" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2010 - January 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hcjfquGs9HrB0uEL9j3nfb5Hzx0d0EP8ULAS8SR3Nm_DhGVCMaCYqR2en0UlVCByK5IW84theZFGGaeT0DkgQa89UtdR4q6IhSNYtarwrUZfhFCJo-qFTtvhQ7dE2wthZnI96Etli2mP/s1600/BlogJohnDickinsonEDDec2010Jan2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_hcjfquGs9HrB0uEL9j3nfb5Hzx0d0EP8ULAS8SR3Nm_DhGVCMaCYqR2en0UlVCByK5IW84theZFGGaeT0DkgQa89UtdR4q6IhSNYtarwrUZfhFCJo-qFTtvhQ7dE2wthZnI96Etli2mP/s640/BlogJohnDickinsonEDDec2010Jan2011.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A chair by John Dickinson is covered in a Highland Court animal print, the mahogany commode is vintage; the painting is by Bernard Frize."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London duplex.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.alexpapachristidis.com/">Alex Papachristidis</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master Class" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2010 - January 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqXs0vggGQvZrocniE_y7uFDmcYdB7gd-rgeE_4qeILWPDYwWDU6WvvkklZg-C_2yCpFYFrCB7jA8_ETsIJKUYgbQrAzPZteIB6XXkBiie-iynil0lfPNUecoY5tGAFlbnlgfhPA-VvlZ/s1600/Gerard-tremolet-home-1012-11-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqXs0vggGQvZrocniE_y7uFDmcYdB7gd-rgeE_4qeILWPDYwWDU6WvvkklZg-C_2yCpFYFrCB7jA8_ETsIJKUYgbQrAzPZteIB6XXkBiie-iynil0lfPNUecoY5tGAFlbnlgfhPA-VvlZ/s640/Gerard-tremolet-home-1012-11-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Renaissance-style doors in a guest room were painted by Tremolet, and the Elizabeth Garouste chair is upholstered in a Lelievre cotton; the marquetry-inlaid secretary is Napoleon III, and the rug is Iranian."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gerard Tremolet's Normandy Chateau.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ian Phillips.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/gerard-tremolet-normandy-home-interiors-cheateau#slide-11">Norman Conquest</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (October 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyawPrqKcQ2OmurhiBjAEml_IQ0qk8VPN3WYowIFwTYVERL3KIIVbscnedMJyjVkbd1ijse2E6eFcxFb167Hq2TR4rCy1iOND921Q69_OTeD69rkaKwzNKknMVFib2-AERpTZxph-CTlx/s1600/OrangeStephenShubelstraightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyawPrqKcQ2OmurhiBjAEml_IQ0qk8VPN3WYowIFwTYVERL3KIIVbscnedMJyjVkbd1ijse2E6eFcxFb167Hq2TR4rCy1iOND921Q69_OTeD69rkaKwzNKknMVFib2-AERpTZxph-CTlx/s640/OrangeStephenShubelstraightened.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Original oak beams lend rustic charm to interiors filled with antique, vintage and new furnishings collected in France. Sofa from Habite, Paris. Old World Weavers leopard silk velvet on pillows. Bust, 19th-century, sits atop 1930s pedestal."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco designer Stephen Shubel's Loire Valley 16th-century home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Gregory Firlotte.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Loire Holiday" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (November - December 2005).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ClulRcKzP2tqUmVMFnunO8sXujfYDRAzejM-UFXsZ-SzK2ISElweQoWWIEB2gQX6BFHtaE2NqRNif2uNH2-GX6XwJvxEnLOzaAmtS6IjJoYVdu9BQMHjtOe5QjSNh9RDGotKtOjsOF2V/s1600/BlogSpottedShubel4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ClulRcKzP2tqUmVMFnunO8sXujfYDRAzejM-UFXsZ-SzK2ISElweQoWWIEB2gQX6BFHtaE2NqRNif2uNH2-GX6XwJvxEnLOzaAmtS6IjJoYVdu9BQMHjtOe5QjSNh9RDGotKtOjsOF2V/s640/BlogSpottedShubel4.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Avalon" throw by Hermes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bedroom in Stephen Shubel's San Francisco loft.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (May 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Jbe_Jn0MGDIIW2-VRm5SP8Z4EoK0_yB5H72dvbiHAdyg7wl3dIANMMmw1IXW-Pz0r9lUlOv2Vi5qkT-4vk9pme3I5uKbttB_jMKpkWFDZZSEMEywQUHCXiEbP890J-RIo5Vx8eT7ChQu/s1600/BlogSpottedShubel2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Jbe_Jn0MGDIIW2-VRm5SP8Z4EoK0_yB5H72dvbiHAdyg7wl3dIANMMmw1IXW-Pz0r9lUlOv2Vi5qkT-4vk9pme3I5uKbttB_jMKpkWFDZZSEMEywQUHCXiEbP890J-RIo5Vx8eT7ChQu/s640/BlogSpottedShubel2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workspace under the staircase in Stephen Shubel's San Francisco loft.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (May 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHm3hSW-BK795E_00iIuQcWrUHnlWQnzqBbmBc88M9smKTNfhGDzxpcv9dY2KzJeOl0fi9gQdHPjZxooZhjnZ1nYHvqt1mQ3d-LZHehmVa5iEJxxT4tu86Cgg07FmTFLmATLBAeT70aw_/s1600/BlogSpottedShubel3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHm3hSW-BK795E_00iIuQcWrUHnlWQnzqBbmBc88M9smKTNfhGDzxpcv9dY2KzJeOl0fi9gQdHPjZxooZhjnZ1nYHvqt1mQ3d-LZHehmVa5iEJxxT4tu86Cgg07FmTFLmATLBAeT70aw_/s640/BlogSpottedShubel3.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This animal print is not leopard. It is cheetah, but I like it very much.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carpeting: Glen Eden Wool Company "Out of Africa" in Cheetah (California Carpet).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Staircase in Stephen Shubel's San Francisco loft.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Abranowicz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ruth Graham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dominomag.com/">Domino</a> (May 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRc9vZRIPunKmwqgYsymvUKnQFqisZMhxfRGyygaKtZ0dd51_yZJJ99T6v2axgTlW5xwRpsA6qiyqAw1oyH0T4YXfguxHiRhWB-zDSqjbJrl__eZMsnvoC5RFBsNY2sH0BiHj86K3ik_5G/s1600/item10.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.alex-papachristidis-14-bedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRc9vZRIPunKmwqgYsymvUKnQFqisZMhxfRGyygaKtZ0dd51_yZJJ99T6v2axgTlW5xwRpsA6qiyqAw1oyH0T4YXfguxHiRhWB-zDSqjbJrl__eZMsnvoC5RFBsNY2sH0BiHj86K3ik_5G/s640/item10.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.alex-papachristidis-14-bedroom.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Teddy, a Yorkshire terrier, perches on leopard-spot bed steps in [Alex] Papachristidis's room; the commode is 18th-century French, the throw is by Anichini, and the carpeting is by David Easton for Beauvais."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alex Papachristidis's family vacation home in Bridgehampton, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.alexpapachristidis.com/">Alex Papachristidis</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldrom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-11/alex-papachristidis-hamptons-family-home-slideshow#slide=11">The Gathering Place</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-Wj4y0svU09PXecAMfkYeOj0nR10eC_DA13b4ldkRW1tnukD444okpwiA7N3uG5KqWYeLG9WfoDYhpyq9ifJEziIdCSJdb2Uin553z8aA4lfHZYqEj24VOWAFrzkFuholEw7xEJaz7b8/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.alex-papachristidis-07-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-Wj4y0svU09PXecAMfkYeOj0nR10eC_DA13b4ldkRW1tnukD444okpwiA7N3uG5KqWYeLG9WfoDYhpyq9ifJEziIdCSJdb2Uin553z8aA4lfHZYqEj24VOWAFrzkFuholEw7xEJaz7b8/s640/item4.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.alex-papachristidis-07-living-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A living room wall displays two Roman bronze busts from Kentshire and a Mona Kuhn photograph of Venice; the leopard-print silk velvet on the armchairs is by Brunschwig and Fils."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alex Papachristidis's family vacation home in Bridgehampton, New York.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.alexpapachristidis.com/">Alex Papachristidis</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldrom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by David Colman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-11/alex-papachristidis-hamptons-family-home-slideshow#slide=5">The Gathering Place</a>" produced by Carlos Mota.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a> (November 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUiOTWyvjmiBZpTlF3bWHXGiQZpHOKk7k2lrx0Plda8AwP6EN74HV3CqeyE9hnzq-J2u4OHv5VRNfJwKS6M9T3ruOaNWFAspaGoRUrtZUX6Z5OrlJLPvbBNj8x-unbKFw5-axAP-xTV16/s1600/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-04-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUiOTWyvjmiBZpTlF3bWHXGiQZpHOKk7k2lrx0Plda8AwP6EN74HV3CqeyE9hnzq-J2u4OHv5VRNfJwKS6M9T3ruOaNWFAspaGoRUrtZUX6Z5OrlJLPvbBNj8x-unbKFw5-axAP-xTV16/s640/design-ideas-ayres-ED07-04-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Armchairs upholstered in linen velvet by Quadrille, a custom-designed ottoman by Jonas Upholstery, and a Claude Lalanne bronze bench used as a cocktail table in the library; decorative artist Jean Carrau painted the paneling to resemble pine and treated the knots with gold leaf."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bjminc.com/">Brian McCarthy</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture firm: <a href="http://fairfaxandsammons.com/">Fairfax and Sammons</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-transformers#slide-4">The Transformers</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2007).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ohyphenhyphenflosW7fiVIReSyXf5C7BgkEdguO2idDT42o4UE7ULaO0KyxFCQ4lnJecJ-SB6QJcEhADAVOkhCeDGTEst_gqeOdsftWaD5UyitUki9LAfZdpf18Nkj6B8H_qXHf2hHiSonKVC56yv/s1600/Spada0412-mdn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ohyphenhyphenflosW7fiVIReSyXf5C7BgkEdguO2idDT42o4UE7ULaO0KyxFCQ4lnJecJ-SB6QJcEhADAVOkhCeDGTEst_gqeOdsftWaD5UyitUki9LAfZdpf18Nkj6B8H_qXHf2hHiSonKVC56yv/s640/Spada0412-mdn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In an otherwise quite traditional French sitting room, a leopard-print-covered settee takes a starring role, giving the space a refreshingly urbane dose of personality."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://charlesspada.com/">Charles Spada</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Alexandre Bailhache.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/home-rss/looking-back-verandas-most-memorable-rooms-0412#slide-19">Veranda's Most Memorable Rooms</a>" by Mario Lopez-Cordero.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjGnxEuhQWubTGwVK_8fdC3ev7QCGL4US0kPbxbd_exoQK-mG9sOGYifLNpg3ahgz5HGWGzzfQGIuwujCFGGWU5J4v-YZGcvnL6MfxgM5nTgZuy39mzFfjoI82sVY7vCrN-G6_Kj2oz0A/s1600/hbx-animal-print-chairs-hitz-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjGnxEuhQWubTGwVK_8fdC3ev7QCGL4US0kPbxbd_exoQK-mG9sOGYifLNpg3ahgz5HGWGzzfQGIuwujCFGGWU5J4v-YZGcvnL6MfxgM5nTgZuy39mzFfjoI82sVY7vCrN-G6_Kj2oz0A/s640/hbx-animal-print-chairs-hitz-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" The sun beats down, rotting the velvet on the sofas, and I am okay with that,' says chef and cookbook author Alex Hitz of the living room in his Los Angeles house. 'What am I going to do - put up curtains and miss out on the view?' He mixed Maison Jansen bergeres with Marcel Breuer leather-and-steel chairs, which flank a Louis XV-style table."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Lisa Romerein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/alex-hitz-los-angeles-home-1112?click=main_sr#slide-1">Alex Hitz's Perfect House for Entertaining</a>" by David A. Keeps.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (November 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroS4cjIz_GbB75R4V7EzXnoydWlsIv8I_hTiSFJSi7nL3WQ4QAoBtPLANhOKCuTPCD7vnF4u0RjX3mjUZedgomi4Qig7HTKF5Uhjbp48UDWevDcrVMhGmWUvE7auW2NA_nvPC0LsxEdUz/s1600/gwynn-griffith-ed0911-07-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroS4cjIz_GbB75R4V7EzXnoydWlsIv8I_hTiSFJSi7nL3WQ4QAoBtPLANhOKCuTPCD7vnF4u0RjX3mjUZedgomi4Qig7HTKF5Uhjbp48UDWevDcrVMhGmWUvE7auW2NA_nvPC0LsxEdUz/s640/gwynn-griffith-ed0911-07-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the guest bedroom, velvet curtains enclose a Russian sleigh bed with a coverlet and pillows in a Clarence House silk velvet, a screen is covered in an Aubusson tapestry; and the Italian footstool retains its original upholstery."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Antonio, Texas home of decorator Gwynn Griffith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by Gwynn Griffith,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/texas-treasure#slide-7">Texas Treasure</a>" by Rob Brinkley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (September 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYJ1NbVn1vyG05teT32GIaHTLTcej7SVjG0JH0AH5ZJYWHVRuPfI94tiUHulcmk_tGMXEc9STK_6HAghcMMVo1S2F5jAmWEuGbBHu2vqnSnrr9taBlkb4GzZ1TuehyphenhyphentPx4FWwWKUDLQGI/s1600/matthew-patrick-smyth-designer-visions-EDC-1212-01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYJ1NbVn1vyG05teT32GIaHTLTcej7SVjG0JH0AH5ZJYWHVRuPfI94tiUHulcmk_tGMXEc9STK_6HAghcMMVo1S2F5jAmWEuGbBHu2vqnSnrr9taBlkb4GzZ1TuehyphenhyphentPx4FWwWKUDLQGI/s640/matthew-patrick-smyth-designer-visions-EDC-1212-01-lgn.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the living area, Schumacher fabrics cover the sectional, pillow, and chair. The mirror is Indonesian."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manhattan apartment designed for <i>Elle Decor</i>'s Designer Visions Showhouse. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.matthewsmyth.com/">Matthew Patrick Smyth</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Quy Nguyen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Michael Lassell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/home-remodeling/design-solutions/matthew-patrick-smyth-designer-visions?click=main_sr#slide-2">All the Right Moves</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">Elle Decor</a> (December 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4xeRm5bLB4Ou36OdnSbrfPVGxmGctevho_AxSGwZheAed4XV8ie0nxhWBrD9kkAEpx2foLaYLfvMn6G_S9xal-HUozPlRmladAzI8jf5WOyTqM-CC8tScW4AsMgXFQq0VCxdqUDWNxNw/s1600/grecian-wooden-outdoor-bedroom-1110-tucker05-de-99272309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4xeRm5bLB4Ou36OdnSbrfPVGxmGctevho_AxSGwZheAed4XV8ie0nxhWBrD9kkAEpx2foLaYLfvMn6G_S9xal-HUozPlRmladAzI8jf5WOyTqM-CC8tScW4AsMgXFQq0VCxdqUDWNxNw/s640/grecian-wooden-outdoor-bedroom-1110-tucker05-de-99272309.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A ceiling of natural cedar brings the outdoors in and creates texture and warmth in the master bedroom. The silk and linen Stark rug adds plush softness. Curtains and bed skirt are Leopard by Raoul Textiles. Dome pendant light from Hilliard."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suzanne Tucker, <a href="http://www.tuckerandmarks.com/">Tucker and Marks Design Inc.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Edmund Barr.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Frances Schultz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/indoor-outdoor-living-1110?click=main_sr#slide-5">Open House</a>" produced by Mary Emmerling.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (November 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tRg8uyJiZU3NlmGPk-FjRBFx_N101zxe6lP7JB50pQhx4knItmqcI81dQuER5jSRKVCBlQFqO5swS7e_4LVd-wWCLWOdFXriZO7BcPiGhBPBjg39G2IIAlaJrHyl-0A79YmlJ_QiTlcB/s1600/ss_100536457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1tRg8uyJiZU3NlmGPk-FjRBFx_N101zxe6lP7JB50pQhx4knItmqcI81dQuER5jSRKVCBlQFqO5swS7e_4LVd-wWCLWOdFXriZO7BcPiGhBPBjg39G2IIAlaJrHyl-0A79YmlJ_QiTlcB/s640/ss_100536457.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designer Jeffrey Bilhuber identifies his decorative mojo as a dashing marriage of modernity (like luxurious fabrics and clean lines) and tradition (what he calls 'the connective tissue that bonds the past with the future'). This room exemplifies his style with natural textures, sleek furniture, and a subtle dash of leopard print on the throw pillows to tie it all together."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bilhuber.com/">Jeffrey Bilhuber</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/decorating-ideas-animal-magnetism_ss56.html">Decorating Ideas: Animal Magnetism</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoQSqYqInExqbGWfSUf-NX5SpQYl2vmNuHKUmqEhcszyj__fPY5Lc3EDaq-n-87a4MxjPCC4olM0Npuh07XqVXVfXQBDSH486GWACniojBC4UED9zWsHqHeIPOdwIWDVmFFp9DY6QLjeD/s1600/101670823_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoQSqYqInExqbGWfSUf-NX5SpQYl2vmNuHKUmqEhcszyj__fPY5Lc3EDaq-n-87a4MxjPCC4olM0Npuh07XqVXVfXQBDSH486GWACniojBC4UED9zWsHqHeIPOdwIWDVmFFp9DY6QLjeD/s640/101670823_ss.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blue and white porcelain in an antique sideboard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The more than 200-year-old Richmond, Virginia, home of Meg and John Gottwald."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suellen Gregory, <a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/">Suellen Gregory Interior Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/gorgeous-updated-classic-home_ss8.html">Gorgeous, Updated Classic Home</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-rJqoZQTWvMu0lV1fiBR8kZB673OXcSkX7dbynYR-N9LrPLXGkvjtANdnvz1iJYlxUyn14UdNTxbB2RmlQh_WYOXIM7O4qpLWAUPdymCwnLtYe2JGk3Gu2vxthQd7UIhipdMfUhFesd5/s1600/101670843_ss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-rJqoZQTWvMu0lV1fiBR8kZB673OXcSkX7dbynYR-N9LrPLXGkvjtANdnvz1iJYlxUyn14UdNTxbB2RmlQh_WYOXIM7O4qpLWAUPdymCwnLtYe2JGk3Gu2vxthQd7UIhipdMfUhFesd5/s640/101670843_ss.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The wooden arms of an antique upholstered chair in the living room display carved dogs' heads."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The more than 200-year-old Richmond, Virginia, home of Meg and John Gottwald."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suellen Gregory, <a href="http://www.suellengregory.com/">Suellen Gregory Interior Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Krissa Rossbund.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/gorgeous-updated-classic-home_ss20.html">Gorgeous, Updated Classic Home</a>" produced by Eileen A. Deymier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div>

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Dreaming of an Orange Christmas

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red and green are the traditional colors of Christmas, of course, but when I think of the holidays, I also think of orange. I remember visiting historical homes, such as Bayou Bend in my hometown of Houston (pictured below), as a child and seeing Christmas decorations made of oranges, apples, pineapples, and pears. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RGo2EBXKzXMoJTTbp1YApXLhLqLe5iwrWOycJncidwjWHwNguomorTzP_BLO73uHu9_4p4O6DLfQtRu2e511TXrzHWtlyCafxho97usMZyqxvc3Ls0W5xdFXh9Bqn_4LI-xd9XqkQgl7/s1600/215bc42f3d8299d8e9ae8c695f7dd882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RGo2EBXKzXMoJTTbp1YApXLhLqLe5iwrWOycJncidwjWHwNguomorTzP_BLO73uHu9_4p4O6DLfQtRu2e511TXrzHWtlyCafxho97usMZyqxvc3Ls0W5xdFXh9Bqn_4LI-xd9XqkQgl7/s640/215bc42f3d8299d8e9ae8c695f7dd882.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas display at <a href="http://www.mfah.org/visit/yuletide/">Bayou Bend</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.mfah.org/">Bayou Bend/MFAH</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bayou Bend is the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston museum for American decorative arts and paintings. Displayed in the former home of Houston civic leader and philanthropist Ima Hogg (1882 - 1975), the collection is one of the finest showcases of American furnishings, silver, ceramics, and paintings in the world. The house is situated on 14 acres of organically maintained gardens in Houston's historic River Oaks neighborhood."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am sharing some photos of homes decorated by Mary McDonald, Stephen Shubel, Pamela Pierce, Jan Roden, and Michelle Stewart. These designers have incorporated the color orange into holiday decor by using citrus, which in many cases complements orange furnishings or artwork that is part of the homeowners' everyday decor.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found the following photographs of designer Mary McDonald's Beverly Hills home on the <a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda website</a>. I love the way the orange trees and the fruit in the garlands complement the orange that seems to fill her house year-round. Her literal use of peacock blue adds drama to an already magnificent space. Orange and blue are complementary colors, but she has used them in a way that makes a powerful statement. As she explains in a <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882404575519763635033670.html#articleTabs%3Darticle"><i>Wall Street Journal</i> article dated October 8, 2010</a>,"I can't say there's any rule about colors that go together. It's more about the value of a color, its tonality. You have to strive for balance." She further notes, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also tend to use a palette of just two or three colors evenly placed around the room.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px;">" The orange and blue appear to be part of the stained glass window in the picture below, and they reappear throughout the following rooms: </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYSWS6AB7Jo1GjNLizzsSLL2uK9XvBnmse4t95USNQlFLWvHWei4gZpE-NLQBMmcI4lWMkmFBaT6LVI6ffCBNeFyi9cJC1evqKC-Up6UA9BTzcAlE3AzPVAHTGZi8_Jj-RKioQo_7WE4p/s1600/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-1_md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYSWS6AB7Jo1GjNLizzsSLL2uK9XvBnmse4t95USNQlFLWvHWei4gZpE-NLQBMmcI4lWMkmFBaT6LVI6ffCBNeFyi9cJC1evqKC-Up6UA9BTzcAlE3AzPVAHTGZi8_Jj-RKioQo_7WE4p/s640/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-1_md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mary McDonald's Beverly Hills home, decorated for Christmas, is aglow under a French 19th-century crystal and dore bronze chandelier and stained-glass windows."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://marymcdonaldinc.com/">Mary McDonald</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel-Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/los-angeles-holiday-decorating-1208?click=main_sr#slide-1">Winter Warmth</a>" by Victoria Amory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (December 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpvMICvapqkgEySydZ_Szroil8XvdvnfRiSnJdcrxfI-1gObDnYBwGp92530RwEk6MT2vH6vluAoRctttsu-xednIO3S76y1_huZ6R9aPzY_fe6qH6YIMHOieB-Qf62ZIg8G_ELcJ8CSA/s1600/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-2_md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpvMICvapqkgEySydZ_Szroil8XvdvnfRiSnJdcrxfI-1gObDnYBwGp92530RwEk6MT2vH6vluAoRctttsu-xednIO3S76y1_huZ6R9aPzY_fe6qH6YIMHOieB-Qf62ZIg8G_ELcJ8CSA/s640/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-2_md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Queen Anne settee in needlepoint. Pillows in Clarence House leopard velvet and Ralph Lauren velvet. Reproduction French stool in velvet and Scalamandre damask. Anglo-Indian chair in fabric by Manuel Canovas. Ikat on table. Ralph Lauren hurricanes. Tony Duquette candlesticks. French empire mirror."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills home of Mary McDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://marymcdonaldinc.com/">Mary McDonald</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel-Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/los-angeles-holiday-decorating-1208?click=main_sr#slide-2">Winter Warmth</a>" by Victoria Amory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (December 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETWedPpjbd4iPlIAu13dpAO00KLE6wPcrCsChba0kFjWUwPSDdCb9uLbJnzTv5RbFuahPBxpQUl1c6IgrUX97vpEyn2yH2-zOcHdWY8bQjn8M93HIb836zp6WNMOO4DsAI4lReyIqyG_a/s1600/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-3_md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETWedPpjbd4iPlIAu13dpAO00KLE6wPcrCsChba0kFjWUwPSDdCb9uLbJnzTv5RbFuahPBxpQUl1c6IgrUX97vpEyn2yH2-zOcHdWY8bQjn8M93HIb836zp6WNMOO4DsAI4lReyIqyG_a/s640/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-3_md.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sheraton urn on Regency table. French 1940s chairs."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills home of Mary McDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://marymcdonaldinc.com/">Mary McDonald</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel-Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/los-angeles-holiday-decorating-1208?click=main_sr#slide-3">Winter Warmth</a>" by Victoria Amory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (December 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Cx2s5o1tBEMmI8F6Z7KgVgeRGrkIwbc6GqjbZxsPhhqFOAbQonG0q1RR_AJwvFD3M12Rbmj8iRbHxITUxo3KkSp1QVJvx_GlejWIqDK_L2KlW8S7EWltqUtH-stg7w00HrktOvgFp8Ko/s1600/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-4_md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Cx2s5o1tBEMmI8F6Z7KgVgeRGrkIwbc6GqjbZxsPhhqFOAbQonG0q1RR_AJwvFD3M12Rbmj8iRbHxITUxo3KkSp1QVJvx_GlejWIqDK_L2KlW8S7EWltqUtH-stg7w00HrktOvgFp8Ko/s640/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-4_md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Custom velvet drapes. Reproduction Italian lamps. Swedish Empire daybeds."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills home of Mary McDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://marymcdonaldinc.com/">Mary McDonald</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel-Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/los-angeles-holiday-decorating-1208?click=main_sr#slide-4">Winter Warmth</a>" by Victoria Amory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (December 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-MomJY8ZLMFn3zEI-FU54bfUeDkUdy1hIhUO3Hy8v5bwdYN5eA0J984KLppdmj4inLdhmyB7pXzIYffouDGyNWsx2ox0ZJvPqRdzwczMJY1FUDpkXV5vYJcB_AVjaZR91tVMOemMuUOS/s1600/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-5_md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-MomJY8ZLMFn3zEI-FU54bfUeDkUdy1hIhUO3Hy8v5bwdYN5eA0J984KLppdmj4inLdhmyB7pXzIYffouDGyNWsx2ox0ZJvPqRdzwczMJY1FUDpkXV5vYJcB_AVjaZR91tVMOemMuUOS/s640/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-5_md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Reproduction Italian lamps. Swedish Empire daybeds. French sconces. Spanish 18th-century oil. J. Robert Scott chairs; bolsters in Clarence House velvet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills home of Mary McDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://marymcdonaldinc.com/">Mary McDonald</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel-Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/los-angeles-holiday-decorating-1208?click=main_sr#slide-5">Winter Warmth</a>" by Victoria Amory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (December 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFbv7QRn4SpRCJJbNJc4EFbJN3PzgltWTPm31Qp3U0MHGhR-sq4AbfJOt_wB0u4OomG4UjNKE3hRBNCSzVcQGvyNLkGBU30hJxcstuIyzLKJUx-LEHhobjICQP42QG6FUoUbbqDcsFkmL/s1600/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-6_md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFbv7QRn4SpRCJJbNJc4EFbJN3PzgltWTPm31Qp3U0MHGhR-sq4AbfJOt_wB0u4OomG4UjNKE3hRBNCSzVcQGvyNLkGBU30hJxcstuIyzLKJUx-LEHhobjICQP42QG6FUoUbbqDcsFkmL/s640/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-6_md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Flanking doorway in McDonald's home, Anglo-Indian, Regency-style inlaid chairs with cushions in Ralph Lauren linen; pillows in Ralph Lauren velvet. Custom velvet drapes. Peacock feathers, fans and faux birds from India, pine cones, velvet ribbon and dried, real and faux fruits embellish the holiday greenery."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills home of Mary McDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://marymcdonaldinc.com/">Mary McDonald</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel-Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/los-angeles-holiday-decorating-1208?click=main_sr#slide-6">Winter Warmth</a>" by Victoria Amory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (December 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNmHjvOKIYXXTp3L_QPStod2E6bpmY3QUjgvQbzDqs6pQfF4Opacs0qrEWcA_87uSi2AR7XpIA83KFYx2B_Wo8gi-BIL9lJWPDL53XPk2RCa4Dx3AbEFJBfr1X1vD0hZUyLt40QN7QINj/s1600/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-7_md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNmHjvOKIYXXTp3L_QPStod2E6bpmY3QUjgvQbzDqs6pQfF4Opacs0qrEWcA_87uSi2AR7XpIA83KFYx2B_Wo8gi-BIL9lJWPDL53XPk2RCa4Dx3AbEFJBfr1X1vD0hZUyLt40QN7QINj/s640/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-7_md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Peacock feathers, fans and faux birds from India, pine cones, velvet ribbon and dried, real and faux fruits embellish the holiday greenery."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills home of Mary McDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://marymcdonaldinc.com/">Mary McDonald</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel-Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/los-angeles-holiday-decorating-1208?click=main_sr#slide-7">Winter Warmth</a>" by Victoria Amory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (December 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfXDImZ07PCxCou7XF6myFIhpp_1CXIjchst-okGXVAXMhnCQ39ABORa588Bi0YgaMEiygmwfZORJWkbbNP69cZ_2lqxTcn3gOnjFw2pCyV1EQu5XYtDuKjR3XC2GMFyVhd_JGmVD3KMF/s1600/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-8_md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfXDImZ07PCxCou7XF6myFIhpp_1CXIjchst-okGXVAXMhnCQ39ABORa588Bi0YgaMEiygmwfZORJWkbbNP69cZ_2lqxTcn3gOnjFw2pCyV1EQu5XYtDuKjR3XC2GMFyVhd_JGmVD3KMF/s640/mcdonald-beverly-hills-1108-8_md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Regency marble-top, gilded console. French 18th-century portrait in giltwood frame from Paris. French 19th-century dore bronze candlesticks. Bronze stags and Christmas decorations are from the homeowner's collection."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills home of Mary McDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://marymcdonaldinc.com/">Mary McDonald</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel-Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/los-angeles-holiday-decorating-1208?click=main_sr#slide-8">Winter Warmth</a>" by Victoria Amory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (December 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8lCxdyvwtzI5HTLC8-m5bCn6v-XDildC9odmLx7YedMarnaw4Sx35KpQd49tzoCOr5Gq8jfsP0Utcc84IA2vzscCtRcFZE7nZf5t_VSN2TbRxT3rpcS5MiEy0BGdHr9hOVfRZkpkeQrH/s1600/holidayrooms3tree-lgn-54628820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8lCxdyvwtzI5HTLC8-m5bCn6v-XDildC9odmLx7YedMarnaw4Sx35KpQd49tzoCOr5Gq8jfsP0Utcc84IA2vzscCtRcFZE7nZf5t_VSN2TbRxT3rpcS5MiEy0BGdHr9hOVfRZkpkeQrH/s640/holidayrooms3tree-lgn-54628820.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Original oak beams lend rustic charm to interiors filled with antique, vintage and new furnishings collected in France. Napoleon III chair. A 19th-century ottoman."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco designer Stephen Shubel's Loire Valley 16th-century home decorated for Christmas. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Gregory Firlotte.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/holidayrooms?click=main_sr#slide-3">Loire Holiday</a>" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (November - December 2005).</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlskoaojNNONfchPm6bIaxMG_5PKJ8iqADmXqlmulNblbqdmTau-DphMQ2F_1wmHC5wK8RtGS5_n3UPaEVSHqNIdQa6lKMue2FEMTIQrG5OjVAauZxyX-T5d8N6tLyBOLK-Y41dzQKWqky/s1600/OrangeStephenShubelstraightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlskoaojNNONfchPm6bIaxMG_5PKJ8iqADmXqlmulNblbqdmTau-DphMQ2F_1wmHC5wK8RtGS5_n3UPaEVSHqNIdQa6lKMue2FEMTIQrG5OjVAauZxyX-T5d8N6tLyBOLK-Y41dzQKWqky/s640/OrangeStephenShubelstraightened.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Original oak beams lend rustic charm to interiors filled with antique, vintage and new furnishings collected in France. Sofa from Habite, Paris. Old World Weavers leopard silk velvet on pillows. Bust, 19th-century, sits atop 1930s pedestal."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco designer Stephen Shubel's Loire Valley 16th-century home decorated for Christmas. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.stephenshubel.com/">Stephen Shubel</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Gregory Firlotte.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Loire Holiday" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (November - December 2005).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8pv9QCmRuDpbkeK97NU6a92j94mY9NUFqd0wOanfrGVyMWtAOjYOfrftNHGl7aLoHCSF_BKWcpH2BkILvC1uvjLg47oPu7KqQpOI_Oj_2lEwABuAimivORTaCRa23j_sBAC_GyRYtNFN/s1600/BlogGreenSpacesPamelaPierce+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8pv9QCmRuDpbkeK97NU6a92j94mY9NUFqd0wOanfrGVyMWtAOjYOfrftNHGl7aLoHCSF_BKWcpH2BkILvC1uvjLg47oPu7KqQpOI_Oj_2lEwABuAimivORTaCRa23j_sBAC_GyRYtNFN/s640/BlogGreenSpacesPamelaPierce+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Italianate home constructed in 1995 in Houston, Texas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A December drizzle highlights the glow of the windows onto the rear terrace, with its antique limestone fountain and oversized French Anduze urns." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://ppiercedesigns.nairisoft.com/index.aspx">Pamela Pierce</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Tailor-Made Trimmings" by Lydia Somerville.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Southern Accents</i> (November - December 2003).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96T9UqXevJgM18xO32gEGjdg6knskO7yRSXknGQs4LUC4Rp6JJV-6wRQbVhccOfGKYXnDjfCA7eJdQJmVFzhX_MsdbMCyECUl8AaQ7gb6P_zDMk_bXgqzEBfvVl9VSajypqPGKLjTXiK0/s1600/BlogOrangeChristmasPamelaPierce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96T9UqXevJgM18xO32gEGjdg6knskO7yRSXknGQs4LUC4Rp6JJV-6wRQbVhccOfGKYXnDjfCA7eJdQJmVFzhX_MsdbMCyECUl8AaQ7gb6P_zDMk_bXgqzEBfvVl9VSajypqPGKLjTXiK0/s640/BlogOrangeChristmasPamelaPierce.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A 19th-century still life above 18th-century French limestone mantel. Custom lounge chairs slipcovered in Rogers and Goffigon camel hair. Curtains in Old World Weavers toile."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New construction in Houston, Texas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://ppiercedesigns.nairisoft.com/index.aspx">Pamela Pierce</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Nancy Perot Mulford.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"House Warming - Invitation to Comfort" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (November - December 2006).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMeCfkeY0gb4Fxguq0__VfSjraKyFOYaRMioWN7bR3gyhfNJOiv3V4jtJCJu7RFJ_TB8O-zHz1tTM5GGXqvKzPmKjDzK4OSGlGIHuTbGowsjfY1GCtXAK65oOMj-k74LXmP4j-S_ZrrEk/s1600/BlogOrangeCrushHBDec2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMeCfkeY0gb4Fxguq0__VfSjraKyFOYaRMioWN7bR3gyhfNJOiv3V4jtJCJu7RFJ_TB8O-zHz1tTM5GGXqvKzPmKjDzK4OSGlGIHuTbGowsjfY1GCtXAK65oOMj-k74LXmP4j-S_ZrrEk/s640/BlogOrangeCrushHBDec2003.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A seasonal still life combines a pumpkin, fruits, and pastry stands of graduated sizes."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charlottesville, Virginia home of Jan Roden, interior designer and owner of <a href="http://www.andgeorge.com/">And George</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gordon Beall.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Ted Loos.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Fresh Look at Tradition" produced by Senga Mortimer.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (December 2003).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhr6vcOrvmlJQ33MO1ZiKdRXaur1CAoU6eLTRYHUoNnAEzA3sGfsNuVo3ohvjSeV1YT1kPATRNeCXaevCaE7vtrABOGdHsD1zDSbe_sDj2zPvxtgn6VxZppEkhrN3RTVlNa5czGeR1DTUv/s1600/BlogOrangeChristmasMichelleStewart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhr6vcOrvmlJQ33MO1ZiKdRXaur1CAoU6eLTRYHUoNnAEzA3sGfsNuVo3ohvjSeV1YT1kPATRNeCXaevCaE7vtrABOGdHsD1zDSbe_sDj2zPvxtgn6VxZppEkhrN3RTVlNa5czGeR1DTUv/s640/BlogOrangeChristmasMichelleStewart.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The dining table features a composition of cake stands with compotes of roses, peonies, and kumquats, wreathed by whimsical snow covered trees."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Houston, Texas home of Michelle Stewart and her family.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Michelle Stewart.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Jill Kirchner Simpson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"White Christmas" produced by Susanna Showers Moldawer.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Southern Accents</i> (November - December 2005).</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hxNZ1-dFmexr4gq5RH5aaQZYeEX46b8HmDpymCJzPvlyUW_chF_m5dqK_DUq-iL6d54cEfsPUII2fbL0aKsPxv_kLYESoB9ZHzAeTUmyoc7KmYeiFUVGrvsX9ybUCPfjyvgXeSWj7Dpc/s1600/BlogOrangeChristmasMichelleStewart2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hxNZ1-dFmexr4gq5RH5aaQZYeEX46b8HmDpymCJzPvlyUW_chF_m5dqK_DUq-iL6d54cEfsPUII2fbL0aKsPxv_kLYESoB9ZHzAeTUmyoc7KmYeiFUVGrvsX9ybUCPfjyvgXeSWj7Dpc/s640/BlogOrangeChristmasMichelleStewart2.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The antique French tole chandelier with swags of crystal beads adds a touch of glamour. The dramatically scaled still life of oranges is by Mexican artist Gustavo Valenzuela."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Houston, Texas home of Michelle Stewart and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Michelle Stewart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Tria Giovan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Jill Kirchner Simpson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"White Christmas" produced by Susanna Showers Moldawer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Southern Accents</i> (November - December 2005).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Dreaming of an Orange Christmas

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Sunbursts

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Louis XIV was born in 1638 and was crowned king of France at the age of 5. He reigned for 72 years - a "golden century" during which France was the most powerful political and cultural force in Europe. Louis XIV enjoyed absolute sovereignty, which he believed was a God-given right. He moved his court from Paris to the Chateau de Versailles in 1682 - a strategy that allowed him to keep watch over his nobles and prevent them from rebelling against him. Versailles, with its Hall of Mirrors, was a fitting home for a monarch who chose the sun as his symbol. The sun god was Apollo, the patron of music, poetry and truth. Louis XIV, the Sun King, surrounded himself with the best artists and playwrights of the time. According to the <a href="http://en.chateauversailles.fr/" target="_blank">Chateau de Versailles website</a>, he played the guitar, rode horses, enjoyed billiards and was an excellent dancer who performed in ballets. The mirror was very popular in Baroque design (approximately 1600 to 1750), and the sunburst mirror became a symbol of Louis XIV's illustrious reign. Centuries have passed, yet the sunburst continues to add beauty to interiors of all types. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6VwN1so25YqwHE5OaJKb994Dgk9PN7zrjTZ_8WW-pesY39VGMQKPU0vq3EDy3Ku5ETy9xjK4DeYYqJlW7uyLWzzcRXE40CQcvAzTMQuUprnB_G3PUXdiJya0wvi5e2nk-VMasAX48bTC/s1600/DSC_0006-529x800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6VwN1so25YqwHE5OaJKb994Dgk9PN7zrjTZ_8WW-pesY39VGMQKPU0vq3EDy3Ku5ETy9xjK4DeYYqJlW7uyLWzzcRXE40CQcvAzTMQuUprnB_G3PUXdiJya0wvi5e2nk-VMasAX48bTC/s640/DSC_0006-529x800.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gold leaf sunburst frame from France c. 1780.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sixteen rays appear to be symmetrical, but closer inspection reveals that each one has a different thickness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered by <a href="http://www.carlmooreantiques.com/" target="_blank">Carl Moore Antiques</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4m7R8HS5Cfc2ZGFvB2wuREoC9uTot1dDxrasemDX4erDmG1fienRXEioPF-xSQ0nodkA2urrkBYhmI7vMwke0QNT6EVydrcK1zO2hvdUQ3LesqX9oGg0i18xsGmXO8b28fz8tA6eZjTZ/s1600/1-kincaid-0509-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4m7R8HS5Cfc2ZGFvB2wuREoC9uTot1dDxrasemDX4erDmG1fienRXEioPF-xSQ0nodkA2urrkBYhmI7vMwke0QNT6EVydrcK1zO2hvdUQ3LesqX9oGg0i18xsGmXO8b28fz8tA6eZjTZ/s640/1-kincaid-0509-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A raw umber glaze over stenciled walls adds some age. Moorish tiles from <a href="http://www.countryfloors.com/" target="_blank">Country Floors</a>. Benches covered in Lyon Stripe from Travers. Sunburst clock from <a href="http://johnrosselliantiques.com/" target="_blank">John Rosselli</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://cathy-kincaid.com/" target="_blank">Cathy Kincaid</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Reed Davis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/cathy-kincaid-french-country-design?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">Sophisticated French Country Design</a>" by Christine Peters.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDU2s_6ar4WOBeVz6M3RmfL-Z2YYPSmtcbtaQ97nZnlOUNu2ByZAzgGc3C0GXlfQ8uVbr7VQiVo_RMgKvr4AtcuktctScu4bXnS9P3nBLn2dyL1lxlXNIpE9EJ5EIwdVOBbkFpfeagEl4/s1600/3-feature-shubel-0109-xlg-17252392.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDU2s_6ar4WOBeVz6M3RmfL-Z2YYPSmtcbtaQ97nZnlOUNu2ByZAzgGc3C0GXlfQ8uVbr7VQiVo_RMgKvr4AtcuktctScu4bXnS9P3nBLn2dyL1lxlXNIpE9EJ5EIwdVOBbkFpfeagEl4/s640/3-feature-shubel-0109-xlg-17252392.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The living room walls are painted <a href="http://www.benjaminmoore.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Moore</a>'s Bridal Pink, a soft color balanced by the deep browns and earth textures in the room. Hanna chairs in leather flank an antiqued brass drum table, both from <a href="http://www.olystudio.com/" target="_blank">Oly</a>. The girandoles are 19th-century French. Natura carpet in Seagrass is from <a href="http://www.starkcarpet.com/" target="_blank">Stark</a>."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Stephen Shubel of <a href="http://www.stephenshubeldesign.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Shubel Design</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jeremy Samuelson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/power-of-color?click=main_sr#slide-3" target="_blank">A California Home Shows Off the Power of Color</a>" by Mimi Read.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfljZvk8s94tebxdHuEWpzcbPxRvqZnSYKPRdK8rZ4w1xv8IQbObvXmskIoBUjy9fU8LQBX67lqiQrHTo20J7716JoDHMKSBTx2IUNsVH2LnWHe-VYvWu-wC3gQM6JrGnRFkKnM9hHkwl/s1600/BlogStarburstsADJan2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfljZvk8s94tebxdHuEWpzcbPxRvqZnSYKPRdK8rZ4w1xv8IQbObvXmskIoBUjy9fU8LQBX67lqiQrHTo20J7716JoDHMKSBTx2IUNsVH2LnWHe-VYvWu-wC3gQM6JrGnRFkKnM9hHkwl/s640/BlogStarburstsADJan2011.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A circular carpet from Galerie Diurne, designed by [Jean-Louis] Deniot, simplifies the five-sided living room. A 20th-century gilt-wood sunburst clock echoes the carpet's pattern."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pied-a-terre in Paris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.deniot.com/" target="_blank">Jean-Louis Deniot</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Marina Faust.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Penelope Rowlands.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A la Mode"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (January 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tyKZRvK8cfF7PMwNLm4rBpwDPFtq8XAoc38kDiQZLyDM0zh-mYg4uuJ4nb1dOPZl5r64Npw7k_jx5Ou4VPRkJURlV9rV4FuFzNSUBsnVopdLuF0iIV3GY2PvaHzdUx90x1vYVGXeFTdu/s1600/BlogStarburstsVerandaMarch2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tyKZRvK8cfF7PMwNLm4rBpwDPFtq8XAoc38kDiQZLyDM0zh-mYg4uuJ4nb1dOPZl5r64Npw7k_jx5Ou4VPRkJURlV9rV4FuFzNSUBsnVopdLuF0iIV3GY2PvaHzdUx90x1vYVGXeFTdu/s640/BlogStarburstsVerandaMarch2011.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Midcentury mirror in Austin, Texas home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.janshowers.com/" target="_blank">Jan Showers</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architecture by <a href="http://www.steinbomer.com/" target="_blank">Steinbomer and Associates Architects</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Stephen Karlisch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Degen Pener.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Clearly Luminous" produced by Mary Jane Ryburn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (March 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4apAJPwpsvt1UQ6QAU_zuZHZ4hWgqOFkstz9ojerjHZK7sVDE6obEyk4tKTCJfGOmo00DF-v7fO08mn-dnkM-6LvQHIW8NB0zx_v3_5MgdxMWvlZ6eO4cw5tUy2NsHOWpDstLxPY6STrX/s1600/BlogTubVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4apAJPwpsvt1UQ6QAU_zuZHZ4hWgqOFkstz9ojerjHZK7sVDE6obEyk4tKTCJfGOmo00DF-v7fO08mn-dnkM-6LvQHIW8NB0zx_v3_5MgdxMWvlZ6eO4cw5tUy2NsHOWpDstLxPY6STrX/s640/BlogTubVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A graphic mirror over a sculptural tub illustrates the power of simplicity.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tub with burnished metallic finish, faucets; by <a href="http://www.waterworks.com/" target="_blank">Waterworks</a>. Sunburst mirror, <a href="http://www.bakerfurniture.com/" target="_blank">Baker</a>, repainted by Rising Tide. Limestone floor, Architectural Ceramics."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marwood Estate (outside of Washington, D.C.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation and interior design by <a href="http://www.marydrysdale.com/" target="_blank">Mary Douglas Drysdale</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Restoration architecture by Anthony S. Barnes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale and Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Susan Stiles Dowell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Capital Idea" produced by Charles L. Ross.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (May - June 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bJydL88lNANGMgE6YDD8dj1_rm3EaoZeRYKWb3qk46y7ugUFUD2tJolboBVD2jGHLxjrrcva4T-CUn_-bSooQB8iXkpxZWcgPeLbhsCBLqsH2hb9A5vToHStYaftOU8nUtsZViGzv9b7/s1600/celerie-kemble-ed0711-01-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bJydL88lNANGMgE6YDD8dj1_rm3EaoZeRYKWb3qk46y7ugUFUD2tJolboBVD2jGHLxjrrcva4T-CUn_-bSooQB8iXkpxZWcgPeLbhsCBLqsH2hb9A5vToHStYaftOU8nUtsZViGzv9b7/s640/celerie-kemble-ed0711-01-lgn.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A 20th-century gilt-wood clock hangs above a custom-made marble mantle; the antique screen is covered in a <a href="http://www.degournay.com/" target="_blank">de Gournay</a> wallpaper; the 19th-century chair is upholstered in a cotton by Luigi Bevilacqua, and the rug is from Galerie Shabab."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Living room of Jane and Michael DeFlorio's Manhattan townhouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://kembleinteriors.com/" target="_blank">Celerie Kemble</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Ingrid Abramovitch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/tailored-to-perfection-70109#slide-1" target="_blank">Tailored to Perfection</a>" produced by Anita Sarsidi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" target="_blank">Elle Decor</a> (July - August 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZnY93D5dwoZegaDT2NdJ9vtaD4HFAuSYY1YvfOUnrJ5zH4rXR1zEYxBBcQo4oRVAP0UIkzbN9EJnQRnV9GEed9aVgsj9GoC4n6ooRBEhrhPKKi_bXLnDTS5aUXAy-5vEij_EcfqLwKVR/s1600/item16.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.suzanne-kasler-atlanta-house-17-terrace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZnY93D5dwoZegaDT2NdJ9vtaD4HFAuSYY1YvfOUnrJ5zH4rXR1zEYxBBcQo4oRVAP0UIkzbN9EJnQRnV9GEed9aVgsj9GoC4n6ooRBEhrhPKKi_bXLnDTS5aUXAy-5vEij_EcfqLwKVR/s640/item16.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.suzanne-kasler-atlanta-house-17-terrace.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sofas by <a href="http://www.janusetcie.com/" target="_blank">Janus et Cie</a> and 1950s French woven chairs from the Nicholson Gallery beckon from the terrace; the sunburst mirror is vintage."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Atlanta, Georgia home of interior decorator Suzanne Kasler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://suzannekasler.com/" target="_blank">Suzanne Kasler</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural renovation by <a href="http://wtbaker.com/" target="_blank">William T. Baker and Associates</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jen Renzi.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-04/suzanne-kasler-atlanta-house-slideshow#slide=17" target="_blank">A Perfect Union</a>" produced by Howard Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (April 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivY_JRng_Hj_FJ_topL54hOJ9swydSDOOhyphenhyphenbcr4wERmQ_HhOQNcXOifaP8Pk7CMH37JMqc-XB9Ii60VqlvWco_Wy691UIgVZ_f3DaVa8UUkbcf-HJZ9VHCUI-twg-rkucge0a00vSbjM3z/s1600/living-room-palm-beach-0511-Braff01-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivY_JRng_Hj_FJ_topL54hOJ9swydSDOOhyphenhyphenbcr4wERmQ_HhOQNcXOifaP8Pk7CMH37JMqc-XB9Ii60VqlvWco_Wy691UIgVZ_f3DaVa8UUkbcf-HJZ9VHCUI-twg-rkucge0a00vSbjM3z/s640/living-room-palm-beach-0511-Braff01-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" The first thing designer Meg Braff bought for this P</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">alm Beach living room was the fabric on the club chairs, <a href="http://www.cowtan.com/" target="_blank">Cowtan and Tout</a>'s Tortola in Multi Fern, and then she pulled her palette from it."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://megbraff.com/" target="_blank">Meg Braff</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Thibault Jeanson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/palm-beach-design-decorating-0411#slide-1" target="_blank">Step Inside a 1960s Style Palm Beach Home</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3tEGWfoG50CpsgroSp7jeYXFBC6I_0rvp8BHP4NjGEBizONksFLwwdm10ubpLJdH2zncXLEvNmE4MFO1iD_35FDh11dv2CGuM-JpPP5YEK7CXfM7MYx8GM0Ib9czR_IstRiOtYB-ycXh/s1600/smith-10-0909-xl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3tEGWfoG50CpsgroSp7jeYXFBC6I_0rvp8BHP4NjGEBizONksFLwwdm10ubpLJdH2zncXLEvNmE4MFO1iD_35FDh11dv2CGuM-JpPP5YEK7CXfM7MYx8GM0Ib9czR_IstRiOtYB-ycXh/s640/smith-10-0909-xl.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I found this amazing embroidered satin from <a href="http://www.bergamofabrics.com/" target="_blank">Bergamo Fabrics</a> and used it on the bed, to create a little jewel box,' [Windsor] Smith says. 'And then I added that whimsical Italian mirror. It's like a star hanging over us.' Slim chaise covered in <a href="http://www.kravet.com/" target="_blank">Kravet</a>'s Obsession, and Zebra Bed from Windsor Smith Home."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Windsor Smith's Los Angeles, California home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.windsorsmithhome.com/" target="_blank">Windsor Smith</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Victoria Pearson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/windsor-smiths-home?click=img_sr#slide-20" target="_blank">A Look Inside Windsor Smith's Stunning Home</a>" by Christine Pittel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhurzFFI4Pwz6PXu8iajCIgBfdDnW5OgE958Xksc7KxZJBoGPTM77Vl0IZrW9BjzPy6I3lQB4yEuf1Qgp3aeOYc2XHvasUcEatDdNgKXuam1ty_OVOYwZf-StJtjaKciOeq2zQZiNSYjuLr/s1600/tiny-dining-room-with-big-style-xlg-42804578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhurzFFI4Pwz6PXu8iajCIgBfdDnW5OgE958Xksc7KxZJBoGPTM77Vl0IZrW9BjzPy6I3lQB4yEuf1Qgp3aeOYc2XHvasUcEatDdNgKXuam1ty_OVOYwZf-StJtjaKciOeq2zQZiNSYjuLr/s640/tiny-dining-room-with-big-style-xlg-42804578.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designed by Kim Fiscus, this tiny dining room, once an office area, is practical  . . . with a touch of drama. The 18th-century gilt starburst is six feet in diameter and probably from an Italian church."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco, California house of Bruce and Kim Fiscus, an antiques dealer specializing in 18th- and 19th-century European pieces.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.kimfiscus.com/" target="_blank">Kim Fiscus</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Reed Davis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Reed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/fiscus-soulful-accessories-0608?click=main_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">Accessories are Soulful</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (June 2008).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPY3HhEPvcbT3nu4YivX1sJR5uUCph1cGFBjRbcGNQm84vpg_oF4Ap43hyphenhyphengSiKXt0x50d9KRQJkQOy8fuUjrjgD5sxQRhStsNjELgyyo4mFVnsNtuujtUESBRkwCUqxTSdSv-KRAdZpl-f/s1600/BlogStarburstsVerandaJanFeb2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPY3HhEPvcbT3nu4YivX1sJR5uUCph1cGFBjRbcGNQm84vpg_oF4Ap43hyphenhyphengSiKXt0x50d9KRQJkQOy8fuUjrjgD5sxQRhStsNjELgyyo4mFVnsNtuujtUESBRkwCUqxTSdSv-KRAdZpl-f/s640/BlogStarburstsVerandaJanFeb2012.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The walls of the dining room were meticulously hand-painted to look like ikat fabric. Chairs in <a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/" target="_blank">Schumacher</a> fabric with linen backs, dining table, sunburst mirror and chandelier, all custom."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dallas, Texas home of designer Kelli Ford and her family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://kirstenkelli.com/" target="_blank">Kelli Ford and Kirsten Fitzgibbons</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.larryboerder.com/" target="_blank">Larry E. Boerder</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jeff Turrentine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Haute Hues" produced by Carolyn Englefield.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda </a>(January - February 2012).</span></div>

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